First Night on Kauai


Ho’Onani Estates


Matt & Dallas in the Ho’Onani Pool

We checked into Ho’Onani Estates at 3 p.m., after all of our wedding-related meetings. Dallas and I were the first ones there, which turned out good, because we wanted the first pick of bedrooms. As people arrived they each picked rooms. As people settled in we all headed out to the pool. The pool wasn’t huge and the yard wasn’t huge, but it was big enough. And it was so refreshing after a long day of travel. Limey and Tien made pina coladas and they were so delicious to sip next to our private pool!


Kristin & Limey, already passed out!


Tien makes a pretty tasty pina colada for a guy from New York City

After a while, my parents came by for a visit, to see everyone, and to check out the houses. They were staying a few blocks away from us at the Poipu Kapili condos. They’d been to Kauai one time before but it was 10 years ago. I’m sure they were happy to be back!


From the lower right: Jen, Chad, Matt, Kristin, Brian, Trent, Loden, Ross


Limey’s snake was thirsty for pina colada!

At night Matt grilled some steaks and we ate them with a caesar salad and poke at the front house. Important to note houses because we tried to switch off visiting at the front and back houses so that one house wouldn’t always be up late. If we switched off, at least you could rest every other night!


Getting out of this tequila shot was the best thing I did all night!


Left, Right, Center Game. From Cousin: Cousin, Shannan, Jill, Jen, Trent, Loden, Ross, Limey, Matt, Tien, Kristin, Brian


From the lower left: Jill, Trent, Loden, Ross, Matt, Tien, Kristin

Later on Trent and Loden visited from the Sheraton, less than a 10 minute walk away. And my brother and Amanda, who were staying with my parents at Poipu Kapili, came by. We had a lively game of LRC. There were several people who never played before and the game got pretty intense. Also, not everyone had dollar bills so there were a lot of IOUs floating around. I still have a few “Ross dollars” and I don’t think anyone’s seen the end of them yet!


IOUs

One more thing, we got our first wedding gift of the trip from Cousin that day. Here’s what it was:


Wedding gift from Cousin.

How funny are these coasters? The first two are from my first trip to Kauai, when Dallas and I first met. The three where cousin has a mustache, otherwise known as the Coustache, are from the mustache-growing contest. The last one is… I don’t know! Some kind of sushi-eating binge. We used these coasters in the houses all through the week!

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